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Meanings of stall in English

Portuguese
quiosque
Catalan
caseta
Spanish
quiosco

Small area set off by walls for special use.

        quiosque
        Portuguese
        barraca
        Catalan
        paradeta
        Spanish
        puesto

        A booth where articles are displayed for sale.

              barraca
              Synonyms
              Examples for "booth"
              Examples for "booth"
              1
              I need to stay far, far away from the Brinca Dada booth.
              Wired
              2
              This was my second year helping to run the GeekDad booth there.
              Wired
              3
              Pratt, I said, sliding into the booth opposite the lady in question.
              Phoenix noir
              4
              Plus, there's a family with young children in the next booth over.
              The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest ...
              5
              A phone booth was a good place to stay out of sight.
              Man on the run
              1
              He approached a second, smaller cubicle, where a guard snapped to attention.
              Celtic fire
              2
              The white curtain walls of the cubicle contracted, closed in on her.
              Life and Death of Harriett Frean
              3
              A wave of cold air moved through it into the control cubicle.
              The Winds of Time
              4
              They were within a foot of each other in the ebonised cubicle.
              Clayhanger
              5
              Who blames him for sounding loud and clear in some distant cubicle.
              A singular man
              1
              Locals come to him in his kiosk with a range of problems.
              BBC
              2
              A kiosk was set on fire and several shop windows were smashed.
              The Irish Times
              3
              According to Real-View, there is a kiosk version of the tech available.
              Wired
              4
              So he parted from her at the nearest kiosk of the underground.
              Destiny
              5
              As we came up a bullet from the Morskaia struck the kiosk.
              The Secret City
              Portuguese
              adiar
              Spanish
              aplazar

              Postpone doing what one should be doing.

                  adiar
                  Catalan
                  distracció

                  A tactic used to mislead or delay.

                        distracció
                        Usage of stall in English
                        1
                        Town said the new apprenticeship system could not be allowed to stall.
                        Radio NZ
                        2
                        The cancelled sale will not necessarily stall further new bond issues however.
                        Reuters
                        3
                        I already knew the answer, but I needed to stall for time.
                        Ready Player One
                        4
                        Mexican-born Rocio, who runs a stall, is taking the situation more seriously.
                        The Guardian
                        5
                        And so the young pup had to stay in the dull stall.
                        The Nursery, No. 109, January, 1876, Vol. XIX. / A Monthly Magaz...
                        6
                        And in the next stall he saw the horse Hapgood had ridden.
                        Under Handicap / A Novel
                        7
                        The horse may be down in the stall and unable to rise.
                        Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
                        8
                        They exist primarily to support stereotypes, to stall us in our journey.
                        The Guardian
                        9
                        An insurance company has set up a stall outside an antiques shop.
                        The Guardian
                        10
                        The head-master chanted, and in the stall next to him sat Gaunt.
                        The Channings: A Story
                        11
                        At one stall, food and soft drinks are handed out for free.
                        The Irish Times
                        12
                        I was very disappointed with the way Wexford set out their stall.
                        The Irish Times
                        13
                        The Reist stall was one of the prominent stalls of the market.
                        Amanda: A Daughter of the Mennonites
                        14
                        Then the thief and his companion took the horse from the stall.
                        Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country
                        15
                        The result is a reduction of the drag incurred during blade stall.
                        Wired
                        16
                        Unable to stall any longer, I took the elevator up to ten.
                        206 Bones
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                        Stall through the time
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                        Common
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                        Common
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                        Common
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